Pennie Aston

Pennie Aston is a counsellor and psychotherapeutic coach with an MSc in Life Course Development Psychology. Founder and CEO of GroOops Dyslexia Aware Counselling and drawing on more than 20 years’ experience, Pennie has pioneered a new way of helping neurodiverse people make peace with themselves through her innovative training courses and counselling programmes. An in-demand speaker and advisor, Pennie has consulted to dozens of organisations including The British Dyslexia Association, The Institute of Education, PATOSS (the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with specific learning difficulties) and ADSHE (the Association of Dyslexia Specialists in Higher education) and has spoken at Westminster to The APPG (All Party Political Group) for Dyslexia and SpLd’s. Her specialisation and interest in dyslexia aware therapy comes from personal and professional experience of being an un-diagnosed dyslexic person subject to professional conduct procedures.